Main article: United States presidential election, 1996
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The 1996 United States presidential election in California took place on November 5, 1996 as part of the 1996 United States presidential election. Voters chose 54 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.
California, was won by President Bill Clinton (D) over Senator Bob Dole (R-KS), with Clinton winning 51.1% to 38.21% by a margin of 12.89%. Billionaire businessman Ross Perot (Reform Party of the United States of America-TX) finished in third with 6.96% of the popular vote.[1]
California is one of thirteen states where on the election ballot, James Campbell of California, Perot's former boss at IBM, was listed as a stand-in Vice-Presidential candidate. [1][2]
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Results [edit]
| United States presidential election in California, 1996[1][3] | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Running mate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Democratic | Bill Clinton (incumbent) | Al Gore | 5,119,835 | 51.10% | 54 | |
| Republican | Bob Dole | Jack Kemp | 3,828,380 | 38.21% | 0 | |
| Reform | Ross Perot | James Campbell | 697,847 | 6.96% | 0 | |
| Green | Ralph Nader | Winona LaDuke | 237,016 | 2.37% | 0 | |
| Libertarian | Harry Browne | Jo Jorgensen | 73,600 | 0.73% | 0 | |
| Peace and Freedom | Marsha Feinland | Kate McClatchy | 25,332 | 0.25% | 0 | |
| American Independent | Howard Phillips | Herbert Titus | 21,202 | 0.21% | 0 | |
| Natural Law | John Hagelin | Dr. V. Tompkins | 15,403 | 0.15% | 0 | |
| Write-in | Charles Collins | 765 | 0.01% | 0 | ||
| Write-in | James Harris | 77 | 0.00% | 0 | ||
| Write-in | Joel Neuberg | 13 | 0.00% | 0 | ||
| Write-in | Willie Carter | 12 | 0.00% | 0 | ||
| Write-in | Isabell Masters | 2 | 0.00% | 0 | ||
| Invalid or blank votes | 242,155 | 2.36% | — | |||
| Totals | 10,261,639 | 100.0% | 54 | |||
| Voter turnout | 65.53% | — | ||||
Results Breakdown [edit]
By county [edit]
| County | Clinton | Votes | Dole | Votes | Perot | Votes | Nader | Votes | Others | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | 72.24% | 209,777 | 15.66% | 45,479 | 3.33% | 9,659 | 7.39% | 21,471 | 1.38% | 3,999 |
| Alameda | 65.77% | 303,903 | 23.07% | 106,581 | 5.25% | 24,270 | 4.42% | 20,432 | 1.48% | 6,858 |
| San Mateo | 60.55% | 152,304 | 29.22% | 73,508 | 5.98% | 15,047 | 2.92% | 7,336 | 1.33% | 3,337 |
| Los Angeles | 59.34% | 1,430,629 | 30.96% | 746,544 | 6.54% | 157,752 | 1.91% | 45,977 | 1.25% | 30,112 |
| Marin | 58.04% | 67,406 | 28.17% | 32,714 | 5.65% | 6,559 | 6.34% | 7,360 | 1.81% | 2,101 |
| Yolo | 56.88% | 33,033 | 32.38% | 18,807 | 5.42% | 3,150 | 4.09% | 2,377 | 1.23% | 712 |
| Santa Clara | 56.88% | 297,639 | 32.16% | 168,291 | 6.67% | 34,908 | 2.35% | 12,312 | 1.94% | 10,141 |
| Santa Cruz | 56.52% | 58,250 | 26.94% | 27,766 | 6.36% | 6,555 | 7.57% | 7,803 | 2.61% | 2,688 |
| Contra Costa | 55.73% | 196,512 | 35.15% | 123,954 | 5.79% | 20,416 | 2.08% | 7,334 | 1.24% | 4,386 |
| Sonoma | 55.57% | 100,738 | 29.54% | 53,555 | 7.65% | 13,862 | 5.27% | 9,547 | 1.98% | 3,595 |
| Imperial | 55.27% | 14,591 | 36.76% | 9,705 | 6.73% | 1,778 | 0.58% | 154 | 0.65% | 172 |
| Solano | 55.12% | 64,644 | 34.74% | 40,742 | 7.40% | 8,682 | 1.59% | 1,868 | 1.15% | 1,343 |
| Monterey | 53.15% | 57,700 | 36.66% | 39,794 | 6.67% | 7,240 | 2.20% | 2,391 | 1.32% | 1,433 |
| Napa | 50.89% | 24,588 | 36.09% | 17,439 | 8.80% | 4,254 | 2.57% | 1,242 | 1.65% | 796 |
| San Benito | 50.55% | 7,030 | 38.72% | 5,384 | 7.51% | 1,044 | 1.70% | 236 | 1.52% | 212 |
| Sacramento | 49.83% | 203,019 | 40.76% | 166,049 | 5.86% | 23,856 | 2.24% | 9,142 | 1.31% | 5,348 |
| Lake | 48.90% | 10,432 | 34.96% | 7,458 | 11.90% | 2,539 | 2.73% | 583 | 1.51% | 323 |
| Santa Barbara | 46.87% | 70,650 | 42.40% | 63,915 | 6.27% | 9,457 | 3.17% | 4,774 | 1.29% | 1,949 |
| Merced | 46.41% | 21,786 | 44.41% | 20,847 | 7.30% | 3,427 | 0.98% | 462 | 0.89% | 416 |
| San Joaquin | 46.34% | 67,253 | 44.87% | 65,131 | 6.68% | 9,692 | 1.03% | 1,501 | 1.08% | 1,563 |
| Stanislaus | 45.93% | 53,738 | 44.79% | 52,403 | 7.14% | 8,360 | 1.00% | 1,172 | 1.14% | 1,334 |
| Mendocino | 45.74% | 14,952 | 29.87% | 9,765 | 11.27% | 3,685 | 11.04% | 3,608 | 2.09% | 682 |
| Fresno | 45.32% | 94,448 | 47.42% | 98,813 | 5.26% | 10,962 | 1.21% | 2,523 | 0.79% | 1,647 |
| San Bernardino | 44.36% | 183,372 | 43.58% | 180,135 | 9.51% | 39,330 | 1.25% | 5,150 | 1.30% | 5,368 |
| Humboldt | 44.17% | 24,628 | 35.52% | 19,803 | 10.42% | 5,811 | 8.34% | 4,651 | 1.55% | 864 |
| San Diego | 44.11% | 389,964 | 45.57% | 402,876 | 7.13% | 63,037 | 1.79% | 15,858 | 1.40% | 12,416 |
| Ventura | 44.10% | 110,772 | 43.47% | 109,202 | 9.18% | 23,054 | 1.88% | 4,732 | 1.37% | 3,434 |
| Kings | 43.59% | 11,254 | 47.91% | 12,368 | 6.76% | 1,745 | 0.79% | 205 | 0.94% | 243 |
| Riverside | 43.05% | 168,579 | 45.61% | 178,611 | 9.06% | 35,481 | 1.23% | 4,814 | 1.05% | 4,128 |
| Alpine | 42.02% | 258 | 43.00% | 264 | 10.26% | 63 | 3.09% | 19 | 1.63% | 10 |
| Del Norte | 41.08% | 3,652 | 41.29% | 3,670 | 13.78% | 1,225 | 2.24% | 199 | 1.61% | 143 |
| Tuolumne | 40.73% | 8,950 | 47.27% | 10,386 | 8.76% | 1,925 | 1.94% | 427 | 1.29% | 284 |
| Amador | 40.60% | 5,868 | 47.54% | 6,870 | 8.77% | 1,267 | 1.83% | 264 | 1.27% | 183 |
| San Luis Obispo | 40.19% | 40,395 | 46.50% | 46,733 | 8.16% | 8,204 | 3.83% | 3,854 | 1.31% | 1,314 |
| Calaveras | 38.63% | 6646 | 48.12% | 8,279 | 9.37% | 1,612 | 1.96% | 338 | 1.92% | 331 |
| Mono | 38.62% | 1,580 | 46.00% | 1,882 | 10.93% | 447 | 2.35% | 96 | 2.10% | 86 |
| Butte | 38.53% | 30,651 | 48.98% | 38,961 | 8.04% | 6,393 | 3.03% | 2,409 | 1.43% | 1,136 |
| Siskiyou | 38.39% | 7,022 | 47.30% | 8,653 | 10.27% | 1,879 | 2.03% | 372 | 2.01% | 367 |
| Tulare | 38.06% | 32,669 | 53.90% | 46,272 | 5.95% | 5,106 | 0.86% | 737 | 1.24% | 1,062 |
| Orange | 37.88% | 327,485 | 51.67% | 446,717 | 7.66% | 66,195 | 1.37% | 11,842 | 1.43% | 12,337 |
| Yuba | 37.42% | 5,789 | 51.53% | 7,971 | 8.46% | 1,308 | 1.30% | 201 | 1.30% | 201 |
| Trinity | 37.38% | 2,203 | 42.93% | 2,530 | 14.53% | 856 | 2.70% | 159 | 2.46% | 145 |
| Placer | 37.05% | 34,981 | 52.75% | 49,808 | 6.93% | 6,542 | 1.99% | 1,875 | 1.29% | 1,221 |
| Mariposa | 36.73% | 2,920 | 50.02% | 3,976 | 9.17% | 729 | 2.42% | 192 | 1.66% | 132 |
| Madera | 36.70% | 11,254 | 53.85% | 16,510 | 7.15% | 2,192 | 1.23% | 376 | 1.08% | 330 |
| Colusa | 36.60% | 2,054 | 54.29% | 3,047 | 7.20% | 404 | 0.75% | 42 | 1.16% | 65 |
| Kern | 36.56% | 62,658 | 53.77% | 92,151 | 7.85% | 13,452 | 0.75% | 1,289 | 1.07% | 1,841 |
| El Dorado | 36.33% | 22,957 | 51.84% | 32,759 | 8.03% | 5,077 | 2.28% | 1,439 | 1.53% | 964 |
| Plumas | 36.31% | 3,540 | 50.31% | 4,905 | 9.43% | 919 | 2.19% | 214 | 1.76% | 172 |
| Tehama | 35.66% | 7,290 | 50.34% | 10,292 | 11.37% | 2,325 | 1.20% | 245 | 1.42% | 291 |
| Nevada | 35.56% | 15,369 | 50.40% | 21,784 | 7.70% | 3,330 | 4.85% | 2,097 | 1.48% | 639 |
| Sutter | 34.37% | 8,504 | 57.64% | 14,264 | 6.20% | 1,533 | 0.84% | 208 | 0.95% | 236 |
| Inyo | 34.36% | 2,601 | 51.84% | 3,924 | 10.71% | 811 | 1.68% | 127 | 1.40% | 106 |
| Lassen | 33.60% | 3,318 | 52.60% | 5,194 | 10.94% | 1,080 | 1.33% | 131 | 1.54% | 152 |
| Sierra | 33.57% | 573 | 51.38% | 877 | 9.96% | 170 | 2.34% | 40 | 2.75% | 47 |
| Shasta | 33.11% | 20,848 | 55.17% | 34,736 | 9.33% | 5,875 | 1.07% | 675 | 1.31% | 827 |
| Glenn | 32.04% | 2,841 | 56.86% | 5,041 | 8.89% | 788 | 0.96% | 85 | 1.25% | 111 |
| Modoc | 31.79% | 1,368 | 53.10% | 2,285 | 12.27% | 528 | 1.14% | 49 | 1.70% | 73 |
References [edit]
- ^ a b c Dave Leip's Atlas of United States Presidential Election Results - 1996 California Results
- ^ Perot Names Stand-in Veep Candidate
- ^ Statement of Vote November 5, 1996 Prepared by Bill Jones California Secretary of State(access date 2012-02-05)
See also [edit]
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